As humankind prepares to establish outposts and infrastructure on the Moon, the ability to manufacture parts and buildings on-site is crucial. While transporting raw materials from …
H Williams, E Butler-Jones - Additive Manufacturing, 2019 - Elsevier
Advances in space resource utilization have the potential to revolutionize humanity's place in the solar system by drastically reducing the economic barriers to space travel and by …
D Arney, R Sutherland, J Mulvaney, D Steinkoenig… - 2021 - ntrs.nasa.gov
This document compiles and organizes the current state of OSAM missions, capabilities, and developments. Understanding where the set of capabilities currently stand will help mission …
M Roman, M Yashar, M Fiske, S Nazarian, A Adams… - 2020 - ttu-ir.tdl.org
Abstract In 2015, the NASA Centennial Challenges program launched the 3D-Printed Habitat (3DPH) competition to develop housing solutions for extended-duration missions on …
In planetary construction, the semiautonomous teleoperation of robots is expected to perform complex tasks for site preparation and infrastructure emplacement. A highly detailed …
M Fiske, JE Edmunson, E Weite, JC Fikes… - 2018 AIAA SPACE and …, 2018 - arc.aiaa.org
This paper will describe the progress made by the NASA ACME project with a focus on prototypes and full scale additive construction demonstrations using both Portland cement …
RP Mueller, TJ Prater, M Roman… - 70th International …, 2019 - ntrs.nasa.gov
NASA's Centennial Challenges program uses prize competitions with the goal of accelerating innovation in the aerospace industry. Competitions in the Centennial …
D An, YX Zhang, R Yang - Virtual and Physical Prototyping, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Three-dimensional concrete printing (3DCP) is progressing from lab pilots to large-scale manufacturing, encountering limitations with conventional printable material–cement mortar …
M Yashar, W Elshanshoury… - 50th International …, 2021 - researchgate.net
Y 2028 NASA seeks to deploy surface construction technologies for the development of a permanent lunar base. While lunar construction will undoubtedly depend on multiple …